Last week, I told my story of moving from a Paycheck Person toward being a Courageous Thinker. Courageous Thinkers have two characteristics, Dynamic Agency and knowing what they’re interested in.
Once again, we hanks for writing Chris. Here’s my initial thought; we love (I love) these stories about determination and grit and doing the hard stuff. But, I wonder in how many other parts of Cameron’s life he avoids the difficult stuff? Perhaps in film-making he has the mental capacity to “grind”, but does that extrapolate to other activities? Maybe it does, but I also have been wondering how often we only see one tiny dimension of the hero’s journey. Where are the trade-offs in these stories? As you know, one of the themes in Senra’s podcast is that “great” founders often look back and regret neglecting other parts of their life for their work…
Yes, I was having trouble bringing this aspect into the newsletter. I don't think I did a good job in the last paragraph, but the next two newsletters I think will have more perspectives.
Cameron's on his fifth wife and here a quote I didn't include: "I asked Cameron if it had been lonely moving halfway around the world. 'I don't have any friends, so it's okay,' he said, with only a hint of a smile."
That's why I said in the last paragraph that Dynamic Agency is a tool, not a way of life. My hypothesis (that I'll be talking about the next two weeks) is that you need to find what you're interested in and apply Dynamic Agency to that. But I'm not sure if that goes far enough. I feel that you need to also constantly be in search of "what is a well-lived life?"
I wonder if we assume too much what "future self's" opinions are.
Similarly, some people worry about losing drive if they don't have a type A personality. But your future self has your current experience + more experience, why not trust his judgement in the future?
Once again, we hanks for writing Chris. Here’s my initial thought; we love (I love) these stories about determination and grit and doing the hard stuff. But, I wonder in how many other parts of Cameron’s life he avoids the difficult stuff? Perhaps in film-making he has the mental capacity to “grind”, but does that extrapolate to other activities? Maybe it does, but I also have been wondering how often we only see one tiny dimension of the hero’s journey. Where are the trade-offs in these stories? As you know, one of the themes in Senra’s podcast is that “great” founders often look back and regret neglecting other parts of their life for their work…
Yes, I was having trouble bringing this aspect into the newsletter. I don't think I did a good job in the last paragraph, but the next two newsletters I think will have more perspectives.
Cameron's on his fifth wife and here a quote I didn't include: "I asked Cameron if it had been lonely moving halfway around the world. 'I don't have any friends, so it's okay,' he said, with only a hint of a smile."
That's why I said in the last paragraph that Dynamic Agency is a tool, not a way of life. My hypothesis (that I'll be talking about the next two weeks) is that you need to find what you're interested in and apply Dynamic Agency to that. But I'm not sure if that goes far enough. I feel that you need to also constantly be in search of "what is a well-lived life?"
It's as if extreme success comes with extreme sacrifice, and that the two are completely incompatible. It's sad in its own unique way.
It actually puts me off going all out, even thinking about it. The thought of losing so much is a deterrent to putting in the effort.
I wonder if we assume too much what "future self's" opinions are.
Similarly, some people worry about losing drive if they don't have a type A personality. But your future self has your current experience + more experience, why not trust his judgement in the future?